Obituaries
Vineyard Haven Resident John J. Casey Dies at 86
John J. Casey, Jr., 86, of Vineyard Haven died Sunday, June 7, 2009 at his home on Carroll’s Way surrounded by his family. He was the husband of...
Barbara N. Hanover Dies at 78
Barbara N. Hanover of Oak Bluffs and Ft. Myers, Fla., died on Tuesday, June 2 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 78. She was born in...
Helen Ford Spalding Dies at 87
Helen Ford Spalding died at home on May 26. She was 87. She was born on Nov. 6, 1921, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of Sumner and Helen (Jordan...
George Barnard Baker Was Devoted Husband, Father
George Barnard Baker of Great Falls, Va., beloved husband of 26 years of Susan Thompson Baker and the loving and devoted father of Elizabeth...
Telemarketing Pioneer John Wyman Dies at 73
John Wyman of Gainesville, Fla., and Martha’s Vineyard, died on June 3, 2009. He was born August 2, 1935 to Abel John Mason and Lorraine Lynde...
Victor G. Bruce Was Eminent American Scientist
Victor G. Bruce died Friday, May 29 at his home in Princeton, N.J., after a short struggle with cancer. He was 88. He was born August 10, 1920...
Lorna Tilton Flanders
Lorna Tilton Flanders Lorna Tilton Flanders died peacefully at home on June 2. A graveside service was held at Abel’s Hill cemetery on June 3. A...
Lorraine B. Holdsworth Summered in Chilmark
Lorraine Bacon Holdsworth died April 11 at Sunrise of McLean, an assisted living community in Virginia, at the age of 83. She hadAlzheimer’s...
Eileen Averill Dies at 92, Was Edgartown Resident
Eileen Rose Averill of Edgartown died at Windemere Nursing Home in Oak Bluffs on Saturday, May 30, 2009. She was 92. Eileen was born on June 8,...